45 Bags with Human Remains Found in Mexican State of Jalisco

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At least 45 bag with human remains have been found in a ravine in the western Mexican state of Jalisco. Forensic experts have yet to determine the number of victims contained in the bags or their identities.

At least 45 bags with human remains have been found in a ravine in the western Mexican state of Jalisco during a search for seven young people reported missing last week.

 

The gruesome discovery was made at the bottom of a 40-metre (120-foot) ravine in the municipality of Zapopan, a suburb of Guadalajara, a large industrial hub.

 

“Forty-five bags with human remains have been extracted that belong to both male and female people,” the state prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Thursday.

 

Authorities found the remains during a search for two women and five men, all aged about 30, who had been reported missing in the area since May 20.

 

The missing person’s reports for each of the seven had been made separately on different days, but investigators found that they all worked at the same call centre, which was in the same area as where the human remains were discovered.

 

Forensic experts have yet to determine the number of victims contained in the bags or their identities.

 

Initial inquiries suggest the call centre could have been involved in illegal activities, and local media reported that the authorities had found marijuana, a cloth and a cleaning rag with apparent blood stains as well as documents on possible commercial activities.

 

Authorities said that among the human remains found in the bags, some appeared to match characteristics of some of the missing young people.